2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Secondhand Smoke

On how many of the past 7 days, did you smell tobacco smoke from someone else's cigarette,
cigar, or pipe drifting into your home from nearby apartments or from outside?

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  Total
Respond.^		 1-6 days All 7 days No days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,588 158 4.7 3.9- 5.6 112 3.3 2.6- 4.1 3,318 92.1 90.9-93.1
Region 8 398 18 5.0 2.9- 8.3 12 3.5 1.7- 6.9 368 91.6 87.4-94.4
GENDER
Male 183 *** *** *** *** *** *** 168 92.3 86.0-95.9
Female 215 11 6.5 3.4-12.3 *** *** *** 200 90.9 84.6-94.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 256 *** *** *** *** *** *** 241 93.7 89.2-96.4
Non-Hispanic Black 59 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** *** 75 93.0 85.5-96.7
AGE
18-44 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** 101 88.1 79.0-93.6
45-64 140 *** *** *** *** *** *** 127 91.6 84.8-95.5
65+ 139 *** *** *** *** *** *** 136 97.9 93.4-99.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 138 89.7 81.5-94.5
Some Post-H.S. 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** 118 91.6 84.0-95.8
College Graduate 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** 112 96.3 88.9-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 13 7.8 4.2-13.9 *** *** *** 190 86.9 79.4-92.0
$50,000+ 118 *** *** *** *** *** *** 115 97.9 92.3-99.5
Don't know/Not Sure 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** 63 93.4 85.1-97.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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